#25: Barbara Corcoran, Entrepreneur & 'Shark Tank' Investor

No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis

ABC News

Business, Careers

4.7 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2017

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Barbara Corcoran had worked 22 different jobs by the time she was 23. She faced more than the usual amount of rejection growing up before famously taking a $1,000 loan from her then boyfriend and turning it into The Corcoran Group. Today she's a bestselling author and also a shark, using her own money to invest in companies on ABC’s hit show "Shark Tank." Barbara shares an unheard pivotal childhood moment about her father's drinking habit. She also talks about being the only woman at the table early on in her career, competing in a male dominated industry and her tangible advice for entrepreneurs. Like what we're doing? Leave a review! ----> http://bit.ly/2ks4f90 More about Barbara Corcoran: http://www.barbaracorcoran.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Rebecca. Starting this week, I want to try something new. I know that so many of you are
0:05.6	building your own empires and pushing yourself beyond your limits. And we want to highlight that
0:10.8	so that everyone who's listening can hear about the incredible things this No Limits community is
0:15.9	doing. Maybe it'll even spark a new idea. So starting with our next show, I'm going to be featuring a new No Limits listener each week.
0:24.6	To nominate yourself or someone you know, send me an email at No Limits with RJ Podcast at gmail.com.
0:32.6	That's No Limits with RJ Podcast at gmail.com.
0:40.3	And while you're at it, don't forget to leave us a review and let your friends know about the podcast. It really does help. Thank you. And now,
0:46.2	here's this week's episode. Remember, I was the only girl at any boardroom table I ever went to.
0:51.5	Every business was owned by a man, usually second generation with a lot of
0:54.6	bucks. I was like the scrappy blue collar girl that didn't know how to dress a talk coming into
1:00.3	their world. They wrote me off. They thought I was going to be in and out and adios. I surprised them.
1:05.3	Welcome to No Limits. I'm Rebecca Jarvis. Each week we're talking to women playing at the top of their game.
1:15.1	So how are they doing it? Whether you're looking for answers or you just want to hear a good story,
1:22.1	you're in the right place. The woman you're about to hear from is someone who has been and continues to be a trailblazer
1:30.8	for women in business. She grew up in New Jersey with nine siblings and had worked 22 jobs
1:37.1	by the time she was 23. It was around this time she quit her waitressing job, against the
1:43.0	advice of her own mom, took a $1,000 loan,
1:47.0	and eventually turned it into the largest real estate company in New York.
1:51.7	Today, she's not only a best-selling author, but you can watch her on ABC's hit show, Shark Tank.
1:58.6	Barbara Corcoran, welcome to No Limits. Happy to be here. Do you ever sit back and just
2:03.9	think, how did all of this happen? I don't think about how did it all happen because people are
2:08.2	always asking me to tell me the story. And it's the only story I know. So I'm so tired of telling
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